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Recipes with vegetable / fruit

Miso pork and eggplant stir fry

Miso, pork and eggplant stir fry

Deep fried diced eggplants coated in potato starch and browned ground pork are glazed with a sauce made with equal amounts of miso paste, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and rice vinegar.
Salty, sweet, tangy with a hint of heat, this simple and inexpensive meat and vegetable dish cooks in 20 minutes.
Cook time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Cream cheese and roasted tomatoes dip

Cream cheese and roasted tomatoes dip

Creamy, salty, tangy, sweet, herby and spicy. Teddy Dimas will be jealous. Oliver Putnam will love it.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Bok choy and mushroom egg drop soup

Bok choy and mushroom egg drop soup

If you have ready-to-use flavorful and well-seasoned broth, the only prep work here is slicing the mushrooms, cutting the bok choy stalks and beating the eggs. Cook time is a mere 15 minutes.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pork adobo hash

Pork adobo hash

If you’ve ever eaten canned corned beef hash, and liked the salty meat and potato combo, you will adore this dish.
Think of it as crispy adobo flakes tossed with French fries. Leftover pork adobo is shredded, mixed with chopped onion and fried with potatoes until lightly crisp.
Serve with rice (or bread). Enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Cook time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Ground pork and vegetable curry over rice

Ground pork and vegetable curry

When pressed for time to prepare a meal, there’s no reason to scrimp on flavor and nutrients. Ground meat and vegetables cut into small pieces take only a short time to cook.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
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